Australian Immigration Daily News

The Australian Government's Department of Home Affairs have announced that the last day for states and territories to nominate and issue invitations for the subclass 489 applicants will be 10 September 2019.

MigrationNT will stop accepting subclass 489 visa nomination applications on the following dates:

• offshore applicants - close of business on 30 August 2019
• onshore applicants - close of business on 6 September 2019.

Applicants should make note of the following:

In the period 2006 to 2012, Ms Banerji, an employee of the then Department of Immigration and Citizenship, tweeted approximately 9000 times under the handle "LeLegale". These tweets were largely posted in her own time and from her own device. Her tweets were critical of the Department and its immigration policies. After conducting a Code of Conduct investigation, the Department found Ms Banerji had breached the APS Code of Conduct.

The High Court decision

The Commonwealth appealed the AAT decision to the High Court, who unanimously found that Ms Banerji’s termination of employment was not unlawful and she and was not entitled to compensation under the SRC Act. The High Court stated that the relevant Public Service Act 1999 provisions that effectively placed a burden on the implied freedom of political communication were for a "legitimate purpose" consistent with the system of representative and responsible government in the Constitution.

Immigration Minister David Coleman gave a speech to the Sydney Institute on Tuesday night.

He outlined the new permanent Global Talent independent scheme:

Home Affairs staff will be placed on the ground in key overseas locations, with the task of recruiting very high value migrants.  Last month, an officer commenced work in Berlin, and next month we will be placing staff in Washington, Singapore, Shanghai, Santiago and Dubai.  This direct overseas recruitment effort is the first of its kind in our immigration programme. Our overseas teams will work with the world’s top universities, professional associations and other institutions to market the Global Talent program to exceptional candidates. 

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The following message is showing on the RDA Northern Inland website:

RDA Northern Inland will not be nominating beyond 3 September 2019.

The new Skilled Regional State Nominate visa sub-class 491 will commence on

16. Invitation date: 15 August 2019

Number of Invitations Issued: 152

Matrix score range:

• All Matrix submitted with 130 to 70 points
• 65 point matrix submitted on or before 29 June 2019

Source: http://www.canberrayourfuture.com.au/portal/migrating/article/canberra-matrix-invitation-round/